Washington, 2nd July (IANS): In the two weeks after a racially motivated massacre claimed lives of nine African-Americans, at least six predominantly African-American churches in south US had been burnt down, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

Cairo, 1st July (IANS): At least 50 army officers and soldiers were killed in a wave of attacks on Wednesday on military bases in the Egyptian province of North Sinai, an official security source told Xinhua news agency.

Washington, 30th June (IANS): Indian and US officials have reviewed ongoing efforts to implement the bilateral partnership that US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulated at their January summit in New Delhi.

Jakarta, 30th June (IANS): All 113 people on board a Hercules C-130 military cargo aircraft were feared killed when the military plane crashed into a residential area in Medan city on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, media reported.